| The first step
in the paper
making process is to shred the paper into small pieces. Any
colors
may be used, We used a combination of construction paper and
newspaper. |
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Next, we put
the shredded
paper into an old blender. After pouring in water, the substance
is blended to a consistency of mush. |
| The
'mush',
or pulp, is poured into a larger container. Then we dipped a
framed
screen into the substance. Once the frame was lifted out, we
drained
as much liquid as possible from the frame, leaving only the wet pulp. |
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From there, we
attempted
to transfer the pulp to a larger screen to dry. This was so that
the framed screen could be reused by the next student.
Unfortunately,
the paper tended to fall apart at this point. To solve the
problem,
we decided to buy a large sheet of screen material and cut it into
enough
pieces to supply a five by seven piece for each student. Each
student
then dipped the piece of screen into the pulp mixture and allowed the
pulp
to dry on that screen. |
| This picture
shows the
pulp drying on one common screen. In later attempts, the pulp
dried
on the smaller individual screens. Once dry, the paper is ready
to
print the students' names in hieroglyphics. |
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